add snippet for converting categories

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Jon Dowland 2009-10-16 11:20:32 +01:00
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[[!toc levels=2]]
Mediawiki is a dynamically-generated wiki which stores it's data in a
relational database. Pages are marked up using a proprietary markup. It is
possible to import the contents of a Mediawiki site into an ikiwiki,
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include
* convert Categories into tags
* ...
import sys, re
pattern = r'\[\[Category:([^\]]+)\]\]'
def manglecat(mo):
return '[[!tag %s]]' % mo.group(1).strip().replace(' ','_')
for line in sys.stdin.readlines():
res = re.match(pattern, line)
if res:
sys.stdout.write(re.sub(pattern, manglecat, line))
else: sys.stdout.write(line)
## Step 3: Mediawiki plugin
The [[plugins/contrib/mediawiki]] plugin can be used by ikiwiki to interpret
most of the Mediawiki syntax.
## External links
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git](http://u32.net/Mediawiki_Conversion/index.html?updated), including full
edit history, but as of 2009/10/16 that site is not available.
The [[plugins/contrib/mediawiki]] plugin can then be used by ikiwiki to build
the wiki.